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May 25, 2012 - 12:53pm
from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
This year's G8 saw a significant change in the summit's approach – it was a low-key meeting hosted at President Barack Obama's Camp David retreat. Emphasis was on informal bilateral time for leaders to discuss issues of the day such as the global economy, the eurozone and political and ...
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May 25, 2012 - 12:08pm
from Microfinance Nigeria
From GhanaWeb
Ghana on Wednesday hosted the maiden International Microinsurance Conference to provide the industry with creative ideas and practical implementation to manage livelihood risks.
Learning sessions have therefore been designed to provide international perspective on opportunities and challenges involved in providing micro insurance services, taking into consideration the current stage of development of the industry.
The event was organised ...
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May 25, 2012 - 12:04pm
from Microfinance Africa
From GhanaWeb
Ghana on Wednesday hosted the maiden International Micro insurance Conference to provide the industry with creative ideas and practical implementation to manage livelihood risks.
Learning sessions have therefore been designed to provide international ...
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May 22, 2012 - 12:21pm
from Microfinance Nigeria
By Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, From Ghanaian Chronicle
As a means of protecting household and small business in the informal sector from vulnerability such as natural disaster, sudden illness or death, the National Insurance Commission of Ghana (NIC) and Deutsche Gesellechaft Fur International Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) are organizing an international micro insurance conference in Ghana.
The conference which will take place at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel in Accra ...
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May 22, 2012 - 12:18pm
from Microfinance Africa
By Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, From Ghanaian Chronicle
As a means of protecting household and small business in the informal sector from vulnerability such as natural disaster, sudden illness or death, the National Insurance Commission of Ghana (NIC) and Deutsche ...
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May 19, 2012 - 11:05pm
from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
Omot Ochan was sitting in a remnant of forest on an old waterbuck skin and eating maize from a calabash gourd. He was lean and tall, wearing only a pair of combat pants. Behind him was a straw hut, where bare-breasted women and barefoot children cooked fish on an open fire. A ...
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May 16, 2012 - 10:00am
from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
Years after debt campaigners succeeded in persuading the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank and G8 to abolish debts worth billions of dollars owed by developing countries, figures show total external debts are once again on the increase.Data in the World Bank's
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May 15, 2012 - 1:46pm
from MicroCapital
MicroNed, a network of Dutch organizations involved in microfinance, has introduced MicroScore, a tool intended to help microfinance institutions (MFIs) and cooperatives assess themselves before, during, and after conducting capacity building programmes. MicroScore measures the following four performance ratios: governance, institutional, financial performance management, and services and social performance management.
Joost de La Rive Box, a Dutch microfinance consultant ...
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May 14, 2012 - 12:45pm
from Microfinance Nigeria
By Crusoe Osagie, This Day Live
The Federal Government has commenced moves to position the Small and Medium Enterprise sub-sector in Nigeria as growth drivers for the economy.
The Minister of Trade and Investment, Mr. Olusegun Aganga, who disclosed this recently, said with the move, SMEs in Nigeria would soon become vibrant enough to drive the required level of growth in the economy.
He spoke while briefing journalists on the sidelines of the recent ...
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May 14, 2012 - 12:42pm
from Microfinance Africa
By Crusoe Osagie, This Day Live
The Federal Government has commenced moves to position the Small and Medium Enterprise sub-sector in Nigeria as growth drivers for the economy.
The Minister of Trade and Investment, Mr. Olusegun Aganga, who disclosed this recently, said ...
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May 12, 2012 - 11:04pm
from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
It is tempting to wonder how much of an appetite Barack Obama will have for dinner on Thursday evening. That afternoon, ahead of the two-day meeting of the G8 at Camp David, which kicks off on Friday, he will announce what is currently being called "the new alliance to increase food security and nutrition".It's an initiative by members of the G8 ...
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May 10, 2012 - 1:15pm
from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
Afro-optimism versus Afro-pessimism is a misplaced debate. Africa has changed. The Nairobi of my childhood and the Dar es Salaam where I began my professional career have both changed dramatically. This is evident in the real-estate booms and lengthening traffic jams. Million-dollar deals used to raise eyebrows, but now billion-dollar deals are ...
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May 9, 2012 - 6:00am
from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
After the hunger crisis that engulfed east Africa last summer, there was plenty for the world to think about. After all, we'd been warned it was coming – the first alerts of a potential crisis came the previous year. But
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May 8, 2012 - 4:46pm
from Kiva.org
Raise your hand if you (or your parents) have an outstanding student loan. Okay, now put your hand down -- people are starting to stare.Probably about two-thirds of you raised your hand if you went to college in the United States. That means that two-thirds of you are accustomed to the excruciating realization that, after years of monthly ...
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April 30, 2012 - 1:54pm
from AidData: The First Tranche
Photo credit: ctsnow, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Convoy_trip_in_Mogadishu.jpgEarlier this month, I was struck by an article that I read in the New York Times about recent developments in Somalia. The insurgent group al-Shabaab's decision to withdraw from the capital has created a rare opportunity for Mogadishu to stage a comeback. NYT journalist Jeffrey Gettleman
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April 26, 2012 - 8:20pm
from Creating a World Without Poverty
Julia Arnold is a program associate for Grameen Foundation’s microsavings initiative, and will graduate from American University in May with a master’s degree in international development.
As a graduate student at American University and a Grameen Foundation employee, I have studied international development in the classroom and have seen it in practice through my work with Grameen Foundation’s microsavings ...
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April 26, 2012 - 9:30am
from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
It is not original to remark that there is a modern-day scramble for Africa taking place. Economic growth averaging around 5% on the continent for the past decade is certainly good news compared with two decades of increasing poverty. But on the other side of the coin are the reasons for that growth: the large-scale export ...
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April 23, 2012 - 2:18pm
from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
Every child should have a fifth birthday, says USAID, which has launched a campaign to excite all of us about the real potential for keeping young children alive and well – together with pictures of some famous children who made it beyond the age of five.A solemn-faced child on a tricycle is Margaret Chan, who grew up to become ...
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April 19, 2012 - 3:45pm
from GiveWell Blog
Since GiveWell recommended the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI) in November 2011, SCI has received about $1.4 million in unrestricted funds ($500,000 of which we directly attribute to GiveWell’s recommendation), of which $1.1 million remains to be spent. We have spoken with and met with SCI to discuss its plans for using these funds.
Funds spent to date
SCI has made grants of $100,000 and $80,000 to Yemen and Senegal respectively for deworming ...
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April 17, 2012 - 11:12am
from Global development: Poverty matters blog | guardian.co.uk
The agenda for the upcoming Earth summit in Rio this June has a glaring hole: land rights.I have spent the last two years investigating the global epidemic of land grabs for a book. Saudi ...
